To be honest, I almost chickened out on today's meeting. But I am very glad that I went through with it. Everyone in the Halifax area should be grateful in be in such a friendly part of Canada. The Councillors were great and allowed me to get a picture with them holding a model of a proposed stadium that I took with me to Halifax (I left the model with Councillor Sloane and it is now at City Hall). I also enjoyed seeing Halifax City Hall, it is a great old building.
I received the following message from Councillor Sloane upon returning home (I am back in Ontario now):
Hi Kevin,
It was very nice to meet you today. I hope that you enjoyed meeting with myself and the other Councillors.
As stated in the meeting, the next step should be a meeting of all interested groups so that a cohesive team can start to work together on the scope and to move the members vision forward.
By way of this email, I am requesting that the Mayor to aid in the contact of the other interested parties for another meeting in approximately 3 weeks.
Furthermore, I am requesting that our financial staff to aid with the proposed trust fund idea. Councillor Hendsbee is versed on this and I am requesting that he work on this part of the action.
Thank you again for meeting with us and I look forward to the next steps.
Dawn
Cordially,
Dawn Marie Sloane
District 12 Councillor
Halifax - Downtown
Halifax Regional Municipality
[email protected]
I now realize that the stadium is not a dead project but may very well happen through the city council and HRM residents. The financial support of stadium proponents will be necessary though. There is a strong possibility that a stadium fund can be set up through the HRM and might even be tax deductible (this would be a big bonus).
Here is a picture of the architectural model for the stadium 3D model and the picture taken with the Halifax Councillors.
Left to Right: Councillor David Hendsbee, Councillor Dawn Sloane, Councillor Jerry Blumenthal and me (Kevin Langille). Councillor Jennifer Watts was also present but had to leave the meeting before the picture was taken.
Here is a close up of the model, there wasn't time to finish the base and landscaping. However, I want to give my thanks to Ho Tran Nguyen (Ryerson Interior Design Bachelors Degree program) who worked many late hours along with his wife in getting it done in time for the meeting.
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